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SNOW BUNTING. 
SNOW FLAKE. SNOW FLECK. SNOW FOWL. 
TAWNY BUNTING. GREAT PIED MOUNTAIN FINCH. 
MOUNTAIN BUNTING. LESSER MOUNTAIN FINCH. 
BRAMBLING. GREATER BRAMBLING. 
PLATE LXXV.—FIG. I. 
Plectrophanes nivalis, . . Meyer. SeExzy. 
Emberiza nivalis, . : Linnzvus. Gwuewin. Latnam. 
Emberiza glacialis, : . Laraam. PENNANT. 
Eimberiza mustelina, . ; GMELIN. 
Emberiza montana, . . Gwenn. Lataam. Pennant. 
Tue nest, which is made of dry grass, lined with 
hair and a few feathers, is generally fixed in the cre- 
vice of a rock, or among stones on the ground. Captain 
Lyons, R. N., found one placed in the bosom of a 
dead Esquimaux child, a situation suggestive of affecting 
thoughts, but the history connected with which must 
remain unknown until that day when both land and 
sea shall give up their dead. Others have been found 
under the shelter of the drift timber, which is, alas! 
but too frequently to be met with on the shores of 
the frozen seas. How many a tale also does it tell 
with its expressive though silent voice, 
“Of those 
For whom the place was kept, 
At board and hearth so long.” 
